KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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A PRENDRE. Bret a prendre la terre, a writ to take the land. Fet Ass. § 51. A right to take something out of the soil of another is a profit a pren dre, or a right coupled with a profit • 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 125, § 115. Distin guished from an easement. 5 Adol. & E. 758. Sometimes written as one word, apprendre, apprender. A PRIORI. A term used in logic to de note an argument founded on analogy, or ab stract considerations, or one which, positing a general principle or admitted truth as a cause, proceeds to deduce from it the effects which must necessarily follow. A QUO. A term used, with the correla tive ad quern, (to which,) in expressing the computation of time, and also of distance in space. Thus, dies a quo, the day from which, and dies ad quern, the day to which, a period of time is computed. So, terminus a quo, the point or limit from which, and terminus ad quern, the point or limit to which, a dis tance or passage in space is reckoned. A QUO; A QUA. From which. The judge or court from which a cause has been brought by error or appeal, or has otherwise been removed, is termed the judge or court a quo; a qua. Abbott A RENDRE. (Fr. to render, to yield.) That which is to be rendered, yielded, or paid. Profits a rendre comprehend rents and services. Ham. N. P. 192. A rescriptis valet argnmentnm. An ar gument drawn from original writs in the register is good. Co. Litt 11a. A RESPONSIS. L. Lat. In ecclesias tical law. One whose office it was to give or convey answers; otherwise termed respon salis, and apocrisiarius. One who, being con sulted on ecclesiastical matters, gave an swers, counsel, or advice; otherwise termed a consihis. Spelman, "Apocrisiarius." A RETRO. L. Lat. Behind; in arrear. Et reditus proveniens inde a retro fuerit, and the rent issuing therefrom be In arrear. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 55, § 2. A RUBRO AD NIGRUM. Lat. From the red to the black; from the rubric or title of a statute, (which, anciently, was in red letters,) to its body, which was in the ordi nary black. Tray. Lat Max.; Bell, "Ru bric." A snmmo remedio ad inferiorem ac tionem non habetur regressus, neqne auxilium. From (after using) the highest remedy, there can be no recourse (going back) to an inferior action, nor assistance, (derived from it.) Fleta, lib. 6, c. 1, § 2. A maxim in the old law of real actions, L. Fr. To take.

A GRATIA. From grace or favor; as a matter of indulgence, not of right. A LATERE. Lat From the side. In connection with the succession to property, the term means "collateral." Bract fol. 206. Also, sometimes, "without right." Id. fol. 426. In ecclesiastical law, a legate a latere is one invested With full apostolic powers; one authorized to represent the pope as if the latter were present Du Cange. A LIBEIXIS. L. Lat An officer who had charge of the libelli or petitions address ed to the sovereign. Calvin. A name some times given to a chancellor, (cancellarius,) in the early history of that office. Spelman, "Cancellarius." A l'impossible nul n'est tenu. No one Is bound to do what is impossible. A ME. (Lat ego, I.) A term denoting direct tenure of the superior lord. 2 Bell, H. L, Sc. 133. Unjustly detaining from me. He is said to withhold a me (from me) who has obtained possession of my property unjustly. Calvin. A MENSA ET THORO. From bed and board. Descriptive of a limited divorce or separation by judicial sentence. A NATIVITATE. From birth, or from infancy. Denotes that a disability, status, etc., is congenital. A non posse ad non esse sequitur ar gnmentam necessarie negative. From the impossibility of a thing to its non-existence, the inference' follows necessarily in the neg ative. That which cannot be done is not done. Hob. 3366. Otherwise, in the affirma tive. Id. A PAXATIO. 'L. Lat From palatium, (a palace.) Counties palatine are hence so called. 1 Bl. Oomm. 117. See PALATIUM. A piratis ant latronibns capti liberi permanent. Persons taken by pirates or robbers remain free. Dig. 49, 15, 19, 2; Gro. de J. B. lib. 3, c. 3, § 1. A piratis et latronibns capta dominium non mutant. Things taken or captured by pirates and robbers do not change their ownership. Bynk. bk. 1, c. 17; 1 Kent, Comm. 108, 184. No right to the spoil vests in the piratical captors; no right is de rivable from them to any recaptors in prej udice of the original owners. 2 Wood. Lect 428. A POSTERIORI. A term used in logic to denote an argument founded on experi ment or observation, or one which, taking ascertained facts as an effect, proceeds by synthesis and induction to demonstrate their cause.